SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION 
UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM 
WASHINGTON, D. C. 
January 16, 1925. 
Mr. Oakes Ames, 
Boston, Massachusetts, 
Bear Mr. Ames: 
With this I am sending manuscript of various 
families as treated in the proposed flora of the Canal 
Zone. These will probably sl^ow all the forms that ar ■ 
likely to be used. There are no hard and fast rules with 
regard to the matter to be included, and anything o_ in¬ 
terest in the way of notes etc. is very desirable. 
Aside from the keys, which are technical, since no one but 
o -botanist is likely to use them, the text is supposed to 
?e popular a nature as possible. ^ythlng In the 
way of critical and technical notes I^am 
flora of Central America, whose plan is altogether dif- 
feren juet what are the geographical limits of this flora, 
probably no one besides myself will ever ^ow. They are, 
L WPTflr rather elastic. The area includes all o- the 
Canal Zone and a good deal of the nearby Province o. 
Panamat°as far as Ihepo and ^ Bayano Hirer On the 
Atlantic coast I hare-not included Porto &ello, since the 
flora there seems to be somewhat different. Qutlyin 
stations to be included are Tabofea Island 
Vicrla In the orchids you will have to use your own 
judgement, especially since^any of Mr. Powell b ocaUtlee 
are so indefinite. I suppose nearly all the lowland 
Panama orchids are likely to be found somewhere around the 
Z ° ne *It seems rather probable that some species of plants 
have disappeared from the region, as a result of the bull - 
i r^p. the canal. Pend ler collected a good many things that 
n? 5 oS has ?o^d recently, but this may well be because 
^;^ 1 ^ 0 Lfber^cfrSttef!r?ec| e t”c h llectcr S . 
■plants were still growing there. ... 
We are expecting to use some halftones for ill s- 
tration of this report, and other forms ^ 
also will he welcomed. We have ;just gotten a - in. ph 
tograph of the Holy Ghost orchid, that floweredatthe 
Department of Agriculture. I wished to'use it in the arti 
cle in the Smithsonian Report, but could not get the 
Ph0t °As a soon n as 1 i e can come to a definite conclusion with 
regard to plans for this year I will let you know of them. 
I hope to discuss the matter soon with Mr. Coville. 
